Stephen Haycox
Stephen Walter Haycox (1939 or 1940 – August 8, 2025) was an American historian who was a professor of history at the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA), author, and columnist for the Anchorage Daily News.[1] He wrote about the history of Alaska.
Life and career
[edit | edit source]Haycox was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and went to high school in a suburb of New York.[2] He was a musician in the Navy and served in the Pacific.[3] He had a Ph.D. from the University of Oregon.[4]
His book Battleground Alaska explores conflict between state's rights and federalism in environmental policy.[5] His book Frigid Embrace contrasts the non-native Alaskans who come to the state for profit in often exploitative natural resource industries against the lifestyles of indigenous residents who are permanent residents.[6]
Haycox was interviewed in the documentary film The Harriman Alaska Expedition Retraced. He received the Alaska Governor's Humanities Award in 2003, the University of Alaska Edith R. Bullock Prize for Excellence in 2002, was named the Alaska Historical Society's Historian of the Year in 2003. He was named a distinguished professor at UAA.[3]
Haycox died in Seattle, Washington, on August 8, 2025, at the age of 85.[2]
Books
[edit | edit source]Haycox is the author of:
- A Warm Past: Travels in Alaska History, Fifty Essays (Press North, 1988)
- Alaska: An American Colony (University of Washington Press, 2002)[7]
- Frigid Embrace: Politics, Economics and Environment in Alaska (Oregon State University Press, 2002)[6]
- Battleground Alaska: Fighting Federal Power in America's Last Wilderness (University Press of Kansas, 2016)[5]
His edited works include:
- Melvin Ricks' Alaska Bibliography: An Introductory Guide to Alaskan Historical Literature (edited with Betty J. Haycox, Alaska Historical Commission, 1977)[8]
- An Alaska Anthology: Interpreting the Past (edited with Mary Childers Mangusso, University of Washington Press, 1996)[9]
- Enlightenment and Exploration in the North Pacific, 1741–1805 (edited with James K. Barnett and Caedmon Liburd, Cook Inlet Historical Society, 1997)[10]
References
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- ^ a b Reviews of Battleground Alaska:
- Sara Dant, Environmental History, JSTOR 45172490
- Brian Allen Drake, The American Historical Review, JSTOR 26576787
- Kathryn Morse, Western Historical Quarterly, JSTOR 26782884
- William H. Mullins, The Pacific Northwest Quarterly, JSTOR 44790769
- Andrew Stuhl, Pacific Historical Review, JSTOR 26419917
- Laura A. Watt, The Journal of American History, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)., JSTOR 48548402
- ^ a b Reviews of Frigid Embrace:
- Michael Butt, H-Net Reviews, [1]
- Terrence Cole, The Pacific Northwest Quarterly, JSTOR 40491693
- Sandra McDermott, The Public Historian, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)., JSTOR 10.1525/tph.2004.26.1.169
- Deniel Nelson, Environmental History, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)., JSTOR 3985729
- Hal Rothman, Oregon Historical Quarterly, JSTOR 20615373
- John S. Whitehead, Western Historical Quarterly, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)., JSTOR 25047261
- ^ Reviews of Alaska: An American Colony:
- Gordon B. Dodds, Pacific Historical Review, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Ted C. Hinckley, Western Historical Quarterly, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)., JSTOR 25047314
- Kathryn Morse, Oregon Historical Quarterly, JSTOR 20615303
- Claus-M. Naske, The Pacific Northwest Quarterly, JSTOR 40491715
- ^ Reviews of Melvin Ricks' Alaska Bibliography:
- Louis Flannery, Oregon Historical Quarterly, JSTOR 20613597
- Arthur E. Hippler, American Indian Quarterly, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)., JSTOR 1183777
- Alan Edward Schorr, Western Historical Quarterly, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)., JSTOR 967140
- ^ Review of An Alaska Anthology:
- ^ Reviews of Enlightenment and Exploration in the North Pacific:
- William H. Adams, Historical Archaeology, JSTOR 25616762
- Herbert K. Beals, Oregon Historical Quarterly, JSTOR 20614944
- Daniel Clayton, Ecumene, JSTOR 44252055
- James R. Gibson, Pacific Historical Review, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)., JSTOR 3641760
- Mott Greene, The Pacific Northwest Quarterly, JSTOR 40492476
- Ted C. Hinckley, Western Historical Quarterly, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)., JSTOR 971348
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- University of Oregon alumni
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